Combination bottle and cap



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Patented Nov. 15,1949

COMBINATION BOTTLE AND CAP George A. Alexiadis,Brooklyn,,-N. Y.,assignor of fifty percent to Emmanuel. Benetos, Astoria,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in bottles andcaps, and has more particular reference to acombination bottle and capintended particularly for use by brewers and bottlers of aerated waters,wines or other liquor and. liquids. a

The dominating feature of the new and improved. bottle and cap residesin the exceptional simplicity of its construction and its efiiciency inuse. With the new arrangement the number of bottles broken while beingcapped or uncapped will be materially reduced, and perhaps" even totallyeliminated. At the present time the breakage is quite large. I v Anotherobject of the invention is to so arrange the cap that it may be usedbut.;once and under no circumstances can it be renderedfit orSpecifically, it is proposed that the cap should seal the bottle in anuntamperable condition. -It is for this reason that the cap must bedestroyed or damaged when being removed and thus cannot be reused.

A still further object of the invention is to so arrange the combinationbottle and capthat the contents of the bottle will be more eflicientlysealed in so far as air, vapor, gas and liquid proof qualities areconcerned.

An important feature of the new combination bottle and cap resides inthe fact that capping machines now in use may readily be adapted toefficiently use the new cap by the slightest mechanical alteration. Notools or implements are required to open the cap. The invention proposesto so construct the new bottle and cap that the speed output in cappingis not decreased in the least. The new bottles and caps will not costmore than present day bottles and caps and will be much more desirable.Furthermore, the appearance of the new combination is quite impressive;

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure-Fig. 1 is a plan view of a cap constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of one form of the newbottle and cap, the cap Application January 28, 1948, Serial No. 4,749 1Claim. (01. 215-40) l 2 being: illustrated inaposition above the bottlean instant before it is forced into sealing position.

Fig. 5 is afragmentary enlarged sectional view of the parts shownin Fig.4 but illustrated with the cap in sealing position. I 3 v Fig. 6 is a;vertical sectional View of a cap constructed in accordance with v amodified form of this invention.

Fig. ,7 is a sectional view of a bottle with the cap illustrated in Fig.6- in applied position for sealing same.

' The new and improved combination bottle and cap, in accordance withthat form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive,includes a neck H] of a, bottle I l and a cap l2 associated with said.neck Ill for forming a closure therefor. The cap I2 is formed from sheetmaterial, preferably aluminum, of a sufficiently light gauge so that itmay be manually opened by tearing, and yet heavy enough to properly sealthe bottle. The cap l2 has a central depressed portion I4 for engaginginternally in the neck Ill. The central depressed .portion l4 connectswith an outer skirt portion l5 which is adapted to engage around theoutside of the top portion of the neck 10. This skirt portion I5 isprovided with a pair of diametrically opposite lug portions [6 havingtheir ends connectedwith perforations 11 extended upwards along theskirt portion 15 by which the cap 12 may be easily manually torn forremoving it-;from sealing position.

The neck H] of the bottle is formed with an internal groove 20preferably semi-circular in shape, though not necessarily limited tothis particular shape. Any number of modified shapes may also be used;The internal groove 20 is formed in said neck ID at a location a shortdistance down from the topedge thereof. The bottom of said'groove 20 hasan inwardly directed shoulder, 2| forming an abutment for the bottom ofsaid central depressed portion [4 which rests upon said shoulder 2| inthe sealed condition of the cap I2 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. Aflexible resilient washer 22 is mounted on and around said centraldepressed portion l4 and is adapted to engage said internal groove 20 ina manner so as to tightly abut against the top edge portion of thegroove 29, and then to be held in a compressed condition because thebottom of the central depressed portion l4 abuts said inwardly directedshoulder 2|.

The resilient washer 22 is held in position by engaging in a groove 23formed around said central depressed portion [4. More particularly,

greens the washer 22 when free is flat and annular, as may readily beseen by an inspection of Fig. 4. The central depressed portion M has itsside wall bent inwards and outwards to form the groove 23. The innerdiameter of the washer 22 engages said groove 23. A cardboard disc 24 ismounted upon the base of the central depressed portion I4 forreinforcement purposes. This disc 24 is mounted in position by havingits edge portion engaging a groove 25 formed about the central depressedportion M. This groove 25 is also formed by zig: zagging the side wallof the depressed-portion M, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, k

The neck l is formed with external projecting portions 26 such as anannular head for holding down the cap I2. After the cap I2 is inposition its side wall is shaped by pressure, orby'turning, so as tofollow the contour of the projecting portions 26 to firmly hold the capl2 imposition.

The operation and use of the combination bottle and cap may be clearlyunderstood from the following:

The cap l2, when free from the bottle, appears as illustrated in Figs.1, 2, 3' and 4. It is engaged upon the bottle' by a suitable bottlingmachine, or tool, or by manual operation if this is desired in a smallnumber of cases. It is merelypressed downwards into position so that thewasher 22 is bent upwards and is jammed against the top of the groove 20as clearly' shown in Fig. 5. The external diameter of the disc 24 andthe curved portion of the groove 25 of the cap |2 is larger than theinternal diameter of the shoulder 2| so as to sit on the shoulder 2| inapplied position. Said outer diameter of the disc 24 and the curvedportion of the groove 25 is slightly larger than the inner diameter ofthe neck ll) of the bottle at the top of the groove 20. For this reasonthe disc 25 and the bottom wall of the central depressed portion l4 mustbe bowed slightly downwards while being forced into position so as topass the restricted diameter of the top of the groove 20'. The skirtwall l5 of the cap I2 is pressed, or turned, or in any other wayfashioned against the external projecting portions 26 for holding thecap l2 in position. I

Because the washer 22 isresilient and because it is being jammedagainstthe top corner ofthe groove 29 by reason of the fact that thecentral depressed portion M of the cap I2 is jammed against the shoulder2|, the-seal will be excep tionally tight in so f a1 as air, vapor, gasand liquid proof qualitiesare' concerned. The cap l2 may be easilyremoved manually merely by gripping the tabs I5 and tearing upwardsalong the perforations l1 and continue the tearing operation until thetop of the cap |2 is reached and then pulling to remove the cap l2. Oncethe cap 12 is removed it is destroyed and cannot be reused. Therefore inits sealed condition the cap |2 is untamperable, meaning that the bottlecannot be opened without visible damage to the cap l2.

In Figs. 6 and 7 a modified form of the invention has been disclosedwhich is very similar to the prior form. distinguishing merely in thefact that the cap l2 has a central depressed portion l4 whichhas abottom wall 30 arched upwardly for strength. In this form of theinvention no use is made of a stifiening disc corresponding to the disc24 of the prior form of the invention. In other respects this form ofthe invention is identical to the previous form and like parts areindicated by like reference numerals.

The operationand use ("if this form of the cap is identical to theprior'form.

While I have illustrated and described the pre- "ferred embodiments ofmy invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming it within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

The combination of a neck of a container and a cap forming a closure forsaid neck and having a central depressed resilient portion for engaginginternally into said neck and normally before being engaged into saidneck being of a slightly larger diameter than said neck in order torequire downward bowing of the bottom of said central depressed portionwhen it is forced into said neck for reducing its diameter sufficientlyto move into said neck, an internal groove formed in said neck andlocated a short distance down from the top edge of said neck and thebottom of said groove having an inwardly directed shoulder forming anabutment for the bottom of said central depressed portion, and aflexible resilient sheet material washer mounted on and around andprojecting at right angles to and from the side wall of said centraldepressed portion for engaging into said internal groove by foldingaround the top edge of the groove while said central depressed resilientportion is forced down into said neck in order to tightly abut the topedge portion of said groove and then be held compressed because thebottom of said central depressed portion has been moved downsuflicientlyto abut said 'inwardly directed shoulder.

GEORGE A. ALEXIADIS.

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